The legend of Tiga

clatter! clatter!

The sound of crisp footsteps echoed in the long corridor.

There was silence all around, with the occasional chirping of insects bringing some sweetness to this summer night.

On the top of the lamp pole standing between the trees and grass, the dim yellow street lamp casts a dim light, forming one spot after another on the ground.

When people walk under the lamp, they are illuminated brightly, but when they step out of the range of the street lamp, they disappear into darkness again.

But as I walked, the footsteps quietly disappeared and stopped in the darkness between two street lamps.

Because what was originally pitch black ahead was now lit up with red lights, dozens of them densely packed.

It was originally a green belt, but now, whether it is flowers, grass or trees, they all stood up, pulling their roots out of the soil, spikes sprouted from the branches and leaves, and pairs of them grew out of nowhere. Glowing' eyes.

"What the hell is this?"

Chiba Cheng looked at the 'alive' plants and trees in front of him with some astonishment. Just now, these were ordinary plants and trees, but the next second they all 'came alive'. Not only did they 'grow' eyes, but they also lit up with red light. , turned into a little monster.

But what makes Chiba Makoto curious the most is how these plants turned into monsters?

He was very sure that these plants were originally ordinary flowers and plants, nothing special at all, but right before his eyes, in the blink of an eye, they turned into little monsters only about one meter tall, with roots one by one. The tentacles, like the densely packed legs and feet of a centipede, moved quickly, waving their branches and arms, and rushed towards Qianye Cheng.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!

Accompanied by a strange creaking sound, the red light moved forward rapidly while shaking.

The noisy sound, coupled with the dense red light, combined with the dark night, is quite terrifying and can definitely scare people half to death.

However, such a scene could not scare the experienced and well-informed Chiba Makoto. Facing the swarming swarm of little monsters, he not only did not retreat, but instead took a step forward, then quickly raised his leg and made a move. A side kick hit the half-human monster running in the front.

Bang!

With a muffled sound, the squeaking monster flew away, rolled backwards, hit a monster behind, knocked it down, and triggered a chain reaction, tripping the monster behind. The little monsters formed a rolling gourd.

As a result, a vacancy appeared in the dense camp that swarmed in, but the mobs in other directions were still rushing forward, not caring about the life or death of their companions.

boom! boom! boom!

Chiba Makoto kicked and hit one after another, knocking away the mobs one after another and knocking down the mobs behind. The scene looked like he was mowing the grass with Wushuang, killing all the mobs in the crowd.

but

One after another, the monsters were knocked away and knocked down, but they immediately got up again and continued to rush towards them while shouting "baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa'' to with the force of the kick." It changed shape, but still rushed forward.

Obviously, these monsters are puppets that feel no pain. At least they are not like animals, which will scream incessantly when they are slightly injured.

What worries Chiba Makoto most is that the places where they were kicked were not highly deformed, meaning they suffered low damage. Obviously, a large part of the force did not act on the monsters.

It's like hitting a target with your fist and hitting cotton. Even though the force is the same, the effect is completely different.

The appearance of these monsters is the structure of flowers and plants, and their branches are very tough. They will be temporarily deformed when kicked, but will return to their original shape after the force is removed, unless the force exceeds the limit.

"It's really tricky." Chiba Cheng whispered, and kicked out another whip, hitting a monster that was about to charge forward.

Just like before, the little monster was kicked away immediately, but when it took off, the little monster Zhiya bent forward, wrapped around Qianye Cheng's ankle like a vine, and hung himself on Qianye Cheng's leg.

This time, the weight of Chiba Cheng's legs increased dramatically, as if there were several bricks hanging on them, and he almost lost his balance and fell down.

But the little monster was not satisfied yet. The branches alternated upwards and even climbed up. Moreover, the little monsters around him also opened their arms like branches, trying to hang themselves up like this little monster.

"Are you so annoying?"

Faced with this situation, Chiba Cheng remained calm. He swung his right hand and touched his waist. Then he pulled out the pistol, swung it down, loaded it with inertia, and then pointed it at his leg. The mobs on it are just one shot.

Snapped!

There was a loud sound, and the bullet was pushed forward by the firelight, hitting the leafy head of the monster hard, and then passed through it, bringing out a lot of broken branches and leaves.

The two glowing red eyes exposed from the gaps between the branches and leaves were immediately extinguished as if there was a power outage. The monster that was still alive and kicking and trying to climb up instantly lost its strength, fell down, collapsed to the ground, and then Not moving either.

"That's it?"

Chiba Cheng pulled the trigger repeatedly, ‘Bang! boom! ’ The gunfire broke the silence of the night, causing windows to light up one after another. Apparently the people inside were awakened by the gunfire.

But Chiba Cheng had no time to take care of this. He pulled the trigger continuously and fired bullets one after another, knocking down the monsters one after another and scattering them to the ground.

At the moment when the last bullet was fired from the barrel of the gun, Chiba Cheng's fingers were already pressed on the magazine buckle, letting the empty magazine slide off.

When the magazine fell to the ground, Chiba Cheng's left hand had already pushed the new magazine in, and then continued to fire.

After skillfully and quickly changing the ammunition, a pistol actually acted like a submachine gun. It could be said that the firepower was full, and one mob after another was swept to the ground. None of them could get close to the five-meter range of Chiba Makoto.

Someone had already rushed out of the lighted room, and sentries from distant sentries were also rushing here. When they ran out of breath, the gunfire had stopped, and they only saw a familiar figure standing under the street lamp.

"team leader!"

"What happened?"

Someone immediately asked a question, but halfway through the sentence, he saw the steaming pistol in Chiba Cheng's hand and the bullet casings scattered on the ground, silently telling the source of the gunshot.

Everyone shut their mouths, and you looked at me, and I looked at you, making eye contact, all filled with surprise and confusion.

Why are you firing so many shots in the middle of the night?

In front of the captain was a lot of broken flowers and plants, but the green belt was bare. The soil dug out of each hole was still fresh, and it was obvious that it had just been pulled out.

People can't help but think of a picture: In the middle of the night, the captain with a ferocious look pulled out all the flowers and plants in the green belt, threw them on the ground, pointed his gun at the flowers and plants, and opened fire like an enemy.

Well.

It seems that something extraordinary has been discovered.

As a result, some people who arrived looked at the sky and counted how many stars there were today; some looked down at the ground to see if there were any ants seriously; and some.

In short, no one looked forward to look at the bullet casings and flowers and plants in this area, and they even wanted to hold their breath to avoid being noticed.

Chiba Cheng held the hot gun in his hand, glanced back at the soldiers who were busy, and said, "Go back, there was a misfire just now."

The people who came just now dispersed in a rush, scrambling to run away.

"Captain, good night!"

"Captain, goodbye!"

In the chaotic team, everyone was shouting, and after a while they were all gone.

Yuki Yukino, who arrived just now, saw the crowd running around in a mess, and thought something had happened. He took out his gun, but saw Arata squatting on the ground as if nothing had happened, with the gun aside. Turning over the flowers and grass all over the ground. "What happened?" Yukino walked over with a gun, scanning the surroundings with vigilant eyes. Then when he got closer, he saw bullet casings all over the ground and several empty magazines.

"This is you."

All of a sudden, Yukino was stunned.

Judging from the scene, the intensive gunshots just now obviously came from here, and there was only one person at the scene. Wouldn't that be...

"A monster is attacking."

Chiba Chengyan briefly and comprehensively told what had just happened, which made Yukino stunned and didn't close her mouth for a long time.

"The flowers and plants in the green belt turned into little monsters?"

Not to mention I have seen it, I have never heard of it.

Yukino immediately squatted down and started rummaging together.

But after looking at it for a long time, there was nothing. It looked like ordinary flowers and plants, no different from the plants we usually see. How could it be a monster?

Yukino looked and searched over and over unwillingly, but she couldn't find anything unusual.

"Arata!"

Yukino hesitated to speak. She really wanted to say, maybe you saw it wrong, but when you think about it, although this is milder than hallucination, it is still quite hurtful.

But other than this, Yukino couldn't think of any reason. He suddenly opened fire in the middle of the night and beat the flowers and plants in the green belt into pieces and rotten leaves all over the ground. Apart from being nervous, is there anything else?

"Yukino, the problem is serious."

Chiba Cheng picked up the pistol next to him, inserted it into the holster on his waist while standing up, and said: "The mutation has begun in full force. I am afraid that more monsters will appear next."

"Ugh?!"

Yukino was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and wanted to ask, how could you see this when you are looking at the flowers and plants on the ground?

unless

A bright light flashed in Yukino's mind, and her eyes couldn't help but turn to the broken flowers and plants on the ground.

If these are really little monsters, then things are indeed serious.

Because if even the greenery on the roadside has turned into a monster, then what else is not a monster?

When I think about it, I feel really chilling.

It was like not wearing good winter clothes, and a cold air rushed from the tailbone to the Tianling Cap, making people shiver all over.

"This can't happen!"

At this moment, Yukino really felt that she would rather Arata was crazy than think this was the truth, because it was too cruel.

If common flowers and plants on the roadside could become monsters, wouldn’t there be monsters everywhere?

Even if humans can eliminate billions of little monsters, without plants, humans, no, all animals in this world will perish.

Because whether it is a food chain or a food web, plants are at the bottom, just like the cornerstone of a building.

If the foundation stone is taken away, the building will collapse.

"The situation is not that bad. These flowers and plants should be just an exception, otherwise we should run for our lives now. There are plants everywhere on this island."

Chiba Makoto's voice was not loud, but it made Yukino feel more at ease.

Yes, if plants really turned into monsters, they would be surrounded by now.

But now, except for the row of green belts in front, the flowers and plants in other places are still growing well, and they don't look like they are turning into little monsters.

so.

"How could these flowers and plants turn into monsters?" Yukino knelt down again and began to rummage unwillingly, wanting to see what was different.

Although I also know that this is probably useless, after all, the monsters have appeared for so many years, and more than one monster has been eliminated. Major institutions around the world have studied it, but they have not found the reason.

Chiba Makoto stood there and watched Yukino rummaging around, but his hands clenched involuntarily, and he murmured in an undetectable voice: "Gordis, you are still alive."

The fleeting aura revealed by the newly revived flowers and plants after they were destroyed.

Although it was very weak, it was definitely Gordis.

This explains why these flowers and plants can 'come alive', because Gordis can possess anything, not only physical objects, but also abstract legends, and after possession, he can turn the possessed objects into monsters .

This is very consistent with the flowers and plants that have just turned into monsters, but judging from the fact that the monster is only one meter long and can be knocked down with one shot, Gordis must be very weak, so that the possessed object turned into a monster, and it only has this little strength.

but

Once we understand this problem, new and old problems arise.

Is that where the previous monsters came from?

If it was Gordis who did it, then why were the flower and plant monsters just so weak, and the giant monsters were just fake.

But if it wasn't Gordis, then who was?

Chiba Cheng thought, and the 'armored man' in the trap he saw that time appeared in his mind.

Could it be it?

But according to the humans in this world, this guy also provided the mecha hunters to deal with monsters.

this.

Use his spear to attack his shield?

That’s too contradictory!

Fun? Or other reasons?

Chiba Cheng fell into deep thought and felt that there must be a big conspiracy.

The key is to find the 'armored man'.

Yukino was still rummaging around on the ground, but couldn't find anything unusual. After Yukino calmed down, she felt that she was thinking too much. As for Arata

Could it be that he was forced to pilot a mecha before and his brain was damaged?

Yukino was thinking wildly and couldn't help but raise her head and secretly glanced at 'Arata' who was deep in thought. She was already thinking about whether to let 'Arata' check again.

Woo! Woo! Woo!

Just then, a loud siren sounded, which was particularly ear-piercing at this night.

Chiba Makoto and Yukino woke up immediately. They took out their mobile phones and looked at the screen.

It was indeed a monster alert, and the location of the monsters that could be displayed was surprising.

It turns out to be on Tsushima Island, and looking at the coordinates...

"Shattered Sky!"

Yukino and Chiba Makoto said in unison that this flashing red dot representing the monster was actually located in the Broken Sky under construction. (End of chapter)